समाचार

Year: 2002

Directors: Shinji Aoyama

Writers: Shinji Aoyama & Kaizo Hayashi

IMDb: link

Trailer: N/A

Purchase DVD: Amazon link (released today)

Review by: Rick McGrath

Rating: 8 out of 10

Ahh, those crazy, funny, wacky – and yet oddly thought-provoking – Japanese detectives. If you haven’t yet seen any of the prior trilogy of films featuring Maiku Yokohama (Mike Hammer), then you’re in for a treat. If you have, well, this time Mike is on a case he might not ultimately survive.

Forest opens with a bit of a bang – Mike is being beaten with a golf club over his inability to pay back a debt. Desperate for cash, he agrees to take on case involving a runaway girl who is supposed to marry into a rich family. She’s run away to a retreat in the forest, and Dad wants her back before the nuptials are cancelled. Piece of cake for the hardboiled Mike,...

Just like promised the day before yesterday, the full program with (so far?) 38 titles for the 10. Japanese Film Festival Hamburg is now available online. The Jffh will take place from May 27 to May 31.

Cafe Isobe by Keisuke Yoshida (Eröffnungsfilm) Appassionata by Sadao Nakajima Arbol del Tule by Takeya Sekiguchi Balloon Forest by Takashi Miura Takuya Bluebird by Shu Asakawa Captain Tokyo by Kazushi Watanabe Crazed Beast by Sadao Nakajima Cyborg She by Kwak Jae Yong Das Leben von meinem Vater Yoshiari by Mitsuwaha Yusaku Der Buddha, der den Fuchs berührt by Yosuke Kaneko Der Engel im blauen Himmel Der Rote Punkt by Marie Miyayama Detroit Metal City by Toshio Lee Dream of the City by Shunichi Takagi Empty Blue by Kou Hanekawa Escape from Hiroshima Prison by Sadao Nakajima Gelatin Silver Love by Kazumi Kurigami Genius Party by Studio 4°C Genius Party Beyond by Studio 4°C Grotesque by Koji Shiraishi...